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Americans’ taste for #pork is growing so much that the USDA predicts pork production will equal, and occasionally exceed, that of beef by the end of 2018. The increased demand for pork is due to growing foreign markets as well as domestic demand from the rising influence of Asian cuisines; increased patronage of fast-food breakfasts which include… read more

China is now the world’s largest producer of livestock products and has also emerged as the largest manufacturer of animal feed, after nearly four decades of transitioning from a largely plant-based diet toward greater meat consumption.

Only 37% of Americans think they are overweight, while 69% of Americans are actually overweight, according to a Gallup survey and the National Center for Health Statistics, which actually measures the height and weight of a nationally representative sample of the population.

A new study suggests dieters may be mistakenly eating a lot of some foods, like tomatoes, that are good for most people, but bad for them. And it raised the possibility that an individualized approach to nutrition could eventually supplant national guidelines meant for the entire public.

Time reports that people may think they are avoiding calories when they opt for diet soda, but a new study claims that those who commonly choose diet drinks often compensate for the low calorie content by eating more unhealthy food.

Almost 1,000 calories a day of Americans’ diets come solely from highly processed #foods, according to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That’s about 61% of your daily diet.

In the low-carb vs. low-fat diet wars, the low-carb camp may have won a slight advantage. A new study out Tuesday in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that after a year on their respective diets, participants following a low-carb regimen had lost significantly more weight than their low-fat counterparts.

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